Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 38 Banquet
Su Yun attached great importance to Zhou Zhan's arrival. He personally prepared the menu and asked Linjianglou to prepare it and send it over.

As for why Ah Hui was not allowed to cook, it was mainly because Ah Hui was quite good at making fish soup, but was still far from being able to prepare a full meal.

However, Zhou Zhan's focus was not on the food at all. For such a wealthy man, he had long been tired of eating delicacies from land and sea. He often went to restaurants like Wangjianglou and Linjianglou. Even the food prepared by these restaurants might not be better than that prepared by his own chefs.

Zhou Zhan's attention was all on Su Yun.

Su Yun is a smooth-talking guy. Since he intends to get along well with Zhou Zhan, he won't put on airs. While accompanying Zhou Zhan for food and drinks, he won't let anything Zhou Zhan says fall to the ground.

With Su Yun's knowledge and ability, he could completely accommodate Zhou Zhan. Su Yun could follow up on any sentence Zhou Zhan said and even ask a more interesting question.

This made Zhou Zhan feel that Su Yun was his life-long confidant, and he immediately became very excited. While talking and laughing loudly, he drank cup after cup.

Seeing that something was wrong, Su Yun quickly slowed down the pace and asked Zhou Zhan to drink less, otherwise they would not be able to discuss business today.

Of course, they could wait a day or two before discussing it, but Su Yun was more urgent about building the house. He wanted to finalize it as soon as possible, start construction quickly, and move in as soon as possible.

Moreover, it will soon be May, and Su Shi's family will be here soon. There are so many visitors at Lingao Pavilion that it is really inconvenient for family members to come.

While Zhou Zhan was still sober, Su Yun quickly spoke: "Mr. Zhou..."

"Oh! Su Lang, you are still being polite. Just call me Zhou Zhan. Calling me Mr. Zhou is too unfamiliar, isn't it?"

Zhou Zhan said casually.

Su Yun smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, I asked you to come here today because I really want to make friends with you, and I also want to ask you for help with something."

Zhou Zhan was overjoyed when he heard that, he put his hands on his hips and said, "Ah, you have something to ask me, hahaha, okay, okay, that's really great, then you can rest assured to accept the set of four treasures of the study I gave you, hahaha!"

Su Yun was speechless for a moment, and asked, "Brother Zhou, are you drunk?"

Zhou Zhan waved his hand and said, "How can I get drunk with just this little bit of wine? Hey, Ah Hui, your master doubts my alcohol tolerance, so quickly give me another jar of wine. Today I must open your master's eyes to what it means to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk!"

Ah Hui said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, my son asked you to help him with something, and he owes you a favor, so why should I accept your gift?"

Zhou Zhan laughed and said, "Your Excellency is willing to ask me for help, so you must be afraid of owing me a favor. But what kind of favor is a set of four treasures of the study?
Brother Su owns one-third of Linjiang Tower. Money will no longer be a problem for him in the future. So what are these 1,800 strings of cash to me?
Rather than dwelling on it, it would be wise to just accept it, don't you think, Brother Su?"

After hearing what Zhou Zhan said, Su Yun couldn't help but admire Zhou Zhan's ability to take advantage of the situation. Not only did he immediately convince Zhou Zhan to give the gift, he also subtly called himself "Brother Su", which immediately brought them closer.

Well, I am quite shameless in my own way.

Su Yun laughed and said, "Brother Zhou, you have said so much. If I, Su Yun, continue to be so ungrateful, then I am immature. Come on, Brother Zhou, I will toast you a glass."

Zhou Zhan laughed, poured a full glass of wine, clinked glasses with Su Yun, and drank it in one gulp. The next moment he laughed again, probably feeling very happy.

Su Yun was infected by Zhou Zhan and also laughed. He poured the wine in the cup into his mouth, then exhaled a breath of wine and said to Zhou Zhan with a smile: "Brother Zhou, you see that people come and go in Lingao Pavilion every day. My uncle can't stand it and has to move somewhere else temporarily.

Soon, more than 20 people from my uncle's family will come to Huangzhou. It is really inconvenient for them to live here, with old people and children. "Zhou Zhan immediately said, "I understand, brother, I have a small courtyard with three entrances in the city. Although it has been empty for a long time, I will clean it up and repair it every year, and send it..."

He suddenly remembered that he had already given Su Yun the four treasures of the study today, and Su Yun was already in such a dilemma. If he gave Su Yun a house, Su Yun might be even more unhappy. He quickly said, "...You can buy it or rent it!"

Su Yun's heart was moved, and he asked, "Where is Brother Zhou's house?"

Zhou Zhan said, "It's near the East Gate. Turn left after entering the East Gate and go down two alleys. It's the rather conspicuous courtyard."

Su Yun did have some impression of it. The courtyard was quite large, after all, it had three entrances.

The first entrance is the gatehouse, the second entrance is the hall, and the third or back entrance is the private room or boudoir, which is the activity space for women or family members. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter at will. A courtyard with three entrances is the most suitable home for people with families.

What's more, the location is next to the East Gate, which is even more suitable. The Dongpo land reclaimed by Su Shi is right next to it. He can first take the wasteland in Dongpo. When the time comes, Su Shi's family will live inside the East Gate, and he and Su Shi can build a few tiled houses near Dongpo.

Thinking of this, Su Yun nodded and replied with a smile: "Okay, let's rent it according to the market price.

But my original intention was to take the wasteland outside the east gate, build a few tiled houses on it, and then reclaim the wasteland into fields, plant some crops on it, and build a few tiled houses by the way.

The house can be rented now, but I still want to take over that piece of wasteland for reclaiming. Can Brother Zhou help me get it?"

"Ah? Opening up wasteland?" Zhou Zhan was a little surprised, and then asked in confusion: "Brother Su, are you short of money?

Everything is fine, why do you want to open up wasteland? If you want to farm, I can get you several hundred acres of good paddy fields.

It’s too tiring to open up wasteland, and the harvest isn’t good, so why bother going through that pain?”

Su Yun smiled and said, "I'm not short of money, I'm not short of money, I just want to experience the joy of reclaiming wasteland. Just imagine, a piece of land that was once covered with weeds can be turned into fertile farmland through my own efforts, and then I can plant rice and wheat, and also my favorite vegetables and fruits. When the harvest season comes, ha, that kind of happiness is indescribable."

Zhou Zhan's family has a lot of land. Although he doesn't have to farm it himself, he still has to supervise the sowing and harvesting during the busy farming season, which is quite tiring.

It was difficult for him to understand that someone was interested in farming, but he tried hard to understand Su Yun.

Zhou Zhan considered the words and said, "It's probably the kind of happiness that Tao Yuanming felt... picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the southern mountains?"

Su Yun clapped his hands and laughed, "That's right, reclaiming wasteland in the southern wilderness and returning to the garden to be simple and honest.

The house is more than ten mu square, with eight or nine thatched houses. Elms and willows shade the back eaves, and peach and plum trees line the front of the hall.

The distant village is hazy, and the smoke from the market is lingering. Dogs bark in the alleys, and chickens crow on the tops of mulberry trees...

How about it, isn’t it beautiful?”

(End of this chapter)